diff --git a/apps/jsonrpc/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/jsonrpc/CMakeLists.txt
index 7bda7c7c..ea8a62ff 100644
--- a/apps/jsonrpc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/jsonrpc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ RpcServerLoop.cpp
 RpcServerThread.cpp
 )
 
+ADD_DEFINITIONS(-I${LIBEV_INCLUDE_DIR})
 SET(sems_module_name jsonrpc)
 SET(sems_module_libs ${sems_module_libs} ev)
 INCLUDE(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/module.rules.txt)
diff --git a/cmake/FindLibev.cmake b/cmake/FindLibev.cmake
index 4d09bd06..fd90af63 100644
--- a/cmake/FindLibev.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindLibev.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FIND_PATH(LIBEV_INCLUDE_DIR libev/ev.h)
+FIND_PATH(LIBEV_INCLUDE_DIR ev.h HINTS /usr/include/libev )
 FIND_LIBRARY(LIBEV_LIBRARIES NAMES ev)
 
 IF(LIBEV_INCLUDE_DIR AND LIBEV_LIBRARIES)